The Great Song Dynasty was located in the north of Kyushu and was harassed by barbarians for many years. The barbarians are good at riding, coming and going like the wind. In the face of them, Da Song can be described as very passive.

In order to break this situation, Song II devoted the strength of the whole country to the northern expedition. After several battles, he won the Yanyun Horse Farm from the barbarians, and used it to form the Yanyun Iron Cavalry.

This heavy cavalry army, which cost countless financial and material resources of the Great Song Dynasty to build, was full of no more than 10,000 people, and they did not live up to the expectations of the Song State for them.

Twenty years ago, in order to avoid worries, the first king Zhao Che took Guo Yi as his general and attacked the barbarians in the north. And this Great Song Dynasty military god, led Yanyun Iron Cavalry, all the way to the north, and actually directly hit the northern Xinjiang royal court.

The following year, the Great Song Dynasty waved its army south, and after breaking through the Yuyu, it confronted the Northern Wei outside the city of Tianlan.

In that battle, 10,000 Yanyun iron cavalry trampled the halberd battalion of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which once dominated Kyushu, to pieces.

For decades, the Yanyun Iron Cavalry has not tasted defeat, and the invincible reputation of the Great Song Dynasty Iron Cavalry in the world has also been laid down by them.

If it weren't for Zhao Che listening to Lu Zhao's words, thinking that the northern Xinjiang would betray the alliance and want to attack Yanzhou, and transfer Yanyun Tieqi back to the north, the battle of Qizhou would still be unknown.

Guo Yu sat on the ground, looking at the black armor heavy rider coming from the 5,000 prancing horses, and couldn't help but feel relieved.

Although it is not known where they came from, the appearance of this heavy cavalry army just happened to rescue the Song army from danger.

"General Guo."

Due to the retreat of the Qi army, the Sancheng army in the rear finally broke out of the encirclement. Hou Jinyong rode his horse to Guo Yu, leaned over and asked, "Do you want to pursue?" ”

Guo Yu glanced at the Tiger Ben Army who was slowly leaving, thought for a while, and finally shook his head and said, "Forget it." ”

The retreat of the Qi army is the best result for the current situation.

If he insisted on pursuing, he would annoy Yang Zhiyong, turn the spearhead and continue to fight with the Song army. So even if there is this rumored invincible Yan Yuntie cavalry, Guo Yu doesn't think he can bargain for anything.

"Tell the Song army on both wings not to pursue, the whole army will return to the camp, and send someone to contact Yanyun Tiecai and lead back to the camp together."

After all, Guo Yu is just a partial general, and this time he pulled Zhao Qingyu as the banner in order to solve the crisis. Since the Qi army has retreated, there is no need for him to continue to be the commander of these three armies.

As long as he waits and brings all these Song troops back to the camp, there will be nothing for him. As for whether to fight or retreat in the future, let Zhao Qingxuan and those generals worry about it.

With Guo Yu's shout, Xiaobai appeared out of nowhere. Guo Yu turned over his horse and retreated all the way north with the Sancheng army.

……

"Why retreat!"

Lu Shuqin grabbed Yang Zhiyong's collar, and said with red eyes: "The collapse of the Song army is imminent, and it looks like it is about to be completely destroyed, but you suddenly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops. Yang Zhiyong, what are you doing! ”

Che Tian on the side looked at this scene and couldn't help but gloat a little.

Previously, Yang Zhiyong ran to him and sneered, and then took the command into his own hands. Under his command, the Qi army quickly stabilized its position and pressed back the counterattack of the Song army.

This made Che Tian feel that he had lost face, and now that he saw Yang Zhiyong being reprimanded by Lu Shuqin, how could he not be happy.

"Your Majesty." Although Lu Shuqin was very angry, Yang Zhiyong's face was still calm, "Yanyun Iron Cavalry has arrived, and if we continue to fight, even if our army can win, it will definitely suffer heavy casualties." At that time, even if the Song army in front of him is completely annihilated, there will be no strength to go north. ”

Yang Zhiyong continued in a calm tone: "The minister knows that the king has been thinking about destroying the Northern Song Dynasty for many years, but now he is fighting hard with the Song army, and the gains outweigh the losses, I hope the king will understand." ”

Lu Shuqin hesitated slightly, but let go of the hand that was grabbing Yang Zhiyong's collar, and he said unwillingly: "Could it be that you just watched Song Jun leave?" ”

The Song army suffered heavy casualties in this battle, and it was inevitable that they would withdraw to Dump Yu, and even flee directly back to Yumen Pass, how could Lu Zhao be willing?

"Don't worry about it, the king." Yang Zhiyong arched his hand and said: "Just wait a little longer, even if it is Yanyun Iron Cavalry, there is no need to worry." ”

"I believe you." Lu Shuqin glanced at the Song army in the distance hatefully, and then brushed his sleeves away, "Go back to the pass!" ”

……

The Song army returned to the camp one after another, which was diametrically opposed to the majestic appearance when they left, and now these Song army soldiers who returned to the camp seemed to have lost their souls, and the entire camp was shrouded in a gloomy and bleak atmosphere.

Guo Yu got off the horse, he didn't feel anything when he was nervous before, but now he suddenly felt a sense of fatigue coming to him.

"Brother-in-law, be careful." Just when Guo Yu was about to fall, a pair of hands held him up. As soon as Guo Yu raised his head, he saw Zhao Qingxuan smiling at him: "I heard what my little sister said, this time these big Song Erlang can come back alive, it all depends on you, brother-in-law." Lonely here, on behalf of the soldiers of the three armies, I would like to thank you. ”

After saying that, Zhao Qingxuan looked at Guo Yu with a solemn face.

“……”

Where had Guo Yu seen Zhao Qingxuan like this, and he was stunned for a while.

Zhao Qingxuan patted Guo Yu's shoulder, and then set his eyes on those lost souls.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the barracks, and no one in charge stood up to settle these returning Song soldiers.

Zhao Qingxuan said to Guo Yu again: "Brother-in-law, I have to work hard for you, you can help Gu shout a few words, and let them go back to rest by themselves." ”

Guo Yu turned around at this time, he nodded in response, and immediately turned to the group of Song army soldiers and said loudly: "The king has an order, and the soldiers of the three armies will return to the camp to rest!" ”

Guo Yu used a little bit of true qi when he shouted, and his voice penetrated the ears of everyone in the barracks, even if he was far away.

Hearing the voice, those Song Army generals in the crowd immediately turned their heads to look in the direction of Guo Yu. When they saw Zhao Qingxuan standing beside Guo Yu, they began to shout for their subordinates to return to their places to rest.

Guo Yu was about to say goodbye to Zhao Qingxuan when the sound of heavy horses' hooves suddenly sounded, and then he saw five thousand black-armored heavy horsemen slowly entering the barracks.

The general led by him turned over and dismounted, and came straight to Zhao Qingxuan, he knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and said: "Wang Ziwei, the commander of Yanyun's left cavalry, meet the king." ”

"No need to be polite, General Wang came at the right time."

Looking at the black-armored general in front of him, Zhao Qingxuan's brows furrowed slightly: "However, there is one thing that is unknown." Yanyun Iron Cavalry has always guarded the northern border, and he is not allowed to leave without the king's edict. Lone doesn't remember that he had ordered the Marquis of Liaoling to send cavalry south..."

After that, Zhao Qingxuan raised his eyebrows: "So, why did the general suddenly appear here?" ”

"Your Majesty." Wang Ziwei didn't stand up, he lowered his head and said, "It's Mr. Huang." ”

……

Great Song Yanzhou, Yanping, Prime Minister's Mansion.

Zhang Yu sat in front of the desk, his face pale.

The prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, who was appointed by Zhao Qingxuan to handle political affairs, put down the fold, raised his hand and rubbed his bloodshot eyes.

With the war going on, there were more things to deal with, and he hadn't closed his eyes for days.

"My lord, the Marquis of Liaoling asks to see you."

Hearing the maid's words, Zhang Yu was a little surprised.

Isn't the Marquis of Liaoling supposed to be in the north right now, why did he suddenly come to Yanping.

"And let him go later, and the original appearance will go."

Zhang Yu got up from his seat, washed his face, and then walked out of the room.

Zhang Yu walked to the lobby, saw the middle-aged man drinking tea, and said with a smile: "Marquis of Liaoling, it's been a long time." ”

Zhao Shun stood up and arched his hand towards Zhang Yu and said: "It is true that I haven't seen him for several days, and I came to Yanping on this trip, so I specially came to the Prime Minister's Mansion to disturb him, and I hope that Zhang Xiang will not be surprised." ”

"Why, Hou Ye sit down."

After the two sat down, they first exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then Zhang Yu asked: "Hou Ye suddenly came here, won't there be chaos in the northern Xinjiang?" ”

"Those barbarians are fighting each other well, and they are estimated to have no time to look south."

Zhao Shun smiled: "Besides, if they really have to go south, I am there, I am afraid there is nothing I can do." ”

Zhang Yu was silent.

Zhao Shun's words are also true, in order to go south, the 100,000 armor soldiers guarding the north were transferred 40,000. Then, half of the most important Yanyun Iron Cavalry was also transferred.

And just a few days ago, as soon as the man's letter arrived, the Northern Army was allocated 30,000 to rush to the aid of Zhao Qingquan's troops in Qizhou.

After a few times, there are only 30,000 armor soldiers left in the north, if the barbarians really go south, where can they resist the enemy?

"Mr. Huang said that within two years, the civil strife of the barbarians will not subside, so we can rest assured. Since he said so, it doesn't make much difference whether I stay in the north or not. ”

Zhang Yu smiled bitterly: "Master Hou really trusts that Mr. Huang who has always seen the beginning and the end of the dragon?" ”

Zhao Shun spread his hands, "People hold the token given by the first king in their hands, and seeing the card is like seeing the king." I just don't believe it, I have to be obedient, no. ”

"And..."Zhao Shun muttered, "Don't mention anything else, Mr. Huang's speech has always been accurate." If it weren't for him, there would be no great Song today. ”